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Why I’m skipping the “AI PC” trend and building a “privacy PC” with Linux instead

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Why I’m skipping the “AI PC” trend and building a “privacy PC” with Linux instead

Bertel King April 10, 2026

It's time to stop being comfortable with surveillance

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Stop building giant desktops—here’s why a mini PC does everything better

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• Mini PC
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• Windows

Stop building giant desktops—here’s why a mini PC does everything better

Patrick Campanale April 10, 2026

A 35W mini PC just beat my old i7 desktop... Massive PC towers are officially obsolete

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This hidden Windows 11 tool shows what your PC is really doing

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This hidden Windows 11 tool shows what your PC is really doing

Rich Hein April 10, 2026

Windows 11 added a powerful monitoring tool most users overlook. Here's what it reveals and who should...

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I stopped using desktop icons on Windows, and you should too

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I stopped using desktop icons on Windows, and you should too

Nick Lewis April 9, 2026

Get rid of the visual clutter.

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Linux does these 3 things better than Windows, and the gap is widening

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Linux does these 3 things better than Windows, and the gap is widening

Arol Wright April 9, 2026

Windows is better than Linux in some stuff, but Linux has always been better than Windows in...

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Windows 11 is improving: 4 ways Microsoft is listening to its customers in 2026

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Windows 11 is improving: 4 ways Microsoft is listening to its customers in 2026

Sydney Butler April 9, 2026

Someone check the temperature in Hades.

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WireGuard VPN developer can’t ship software updates after Microsoft locks account

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WireGuard VPN developer can’t ship software updates after Microsoft locks account

Zack Whittaker April 8, 2026

The popular open source VPN maker is the second high-profile developer to say Microsoft locked his account...

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Developer of VeraCrypt encryption software says Windows users may face boot-up issues after Microsoft locked his account

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• Encryption
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• Windows

Developer of VeraCrypt encryption software says Windows users may face boot-up issues after Microsoft locked his account

Zack Whittaker April 8, 2026

The maker of the popular open-source file encryption software VeraCrypt said Microsoft locked his online account, which...

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Microsoft Confirms Recent Windows 11 Update Breaks Start Menu Search Function

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Microsoft Confirms Recent Windows 11 Update Breaks Start Menu Search Function

Guru Baran April 8, 2026

Microsoft has acknowledged a server-side issue that disrupted Start Menu search functionality for a subset of Windows...

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BlueHammer PoC for Windows Defender Exploited by Researchers to Escalate Privileges

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• Windows

BlueHammer PoC for Windows Defender Exploited by Researchers to Escalate Privileges

Guru Baran April 7, 2026

A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit dubbed BlueHammer has been publicly released by security researcher Nightmare Eclipse (also known...

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